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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by |
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public officials and candidates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Financial statements filed under this subchapter are |
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public records. The commission shall maintain the statements in |
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separate alphabetical files and in a manner that is accessible to |
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the public during regular office hours and make the statements |
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available to the public on the commission's website not later than |
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the 15th day after the date the statement is required to be filed or |
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is actually filed, whichever is later. |
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(d) The commission is not required to continue to make |
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available on its website a financial statement that may be |
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destroyed under Subsection (c). The commission may not make |
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available on its website a financial statement that the commission |
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is required to destroy under Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |